Neurology and Trauma

Second Edition

Edited by Randolph W. Evans, M.D.

Disorders due to trauma to the head, spine, and peripheral nerves are among the most common seen by neurologists and neurosurgeons. This 42 chapter book is the comprehensive, definitive work on the subject, offering coverage on a wide range of clinical issues. The second edition features completely new sections on sports and neurologic trauma and iatrogenic trauma to complement existing comprehensive sections on head trauma, spinal trauma, plexus and peripheral nerve injuries, post-traumatic pain syndromes, environmental trauma, and posttraumatic sequelae and medicolegal aspects. Twenty-two of the first edition's chapters have been revised and updated, eight with new coauthors, and 20 new chapters have been added.

Neurology and Trauma

Second Edition

Edited by Randolph W. Evans, M.D.

Description

Disorders due to trauma to the head, spine, and peripheral nerves are among the most common seen by neurologists and neurosurgeons. This 42 chapter book is the comprehensive, definitive work on the subject, offering coverage on a wide range of clinical issues. The second edition features completely new sections on sports and neurologic trauma and iatrogenic trauma to complement existing comprehensive sections on head trauma, spinal trauma, plexus and peripheral nerve injuries, post-traumatic pain syndromes, environmental trauma, and posttraumatic sequelae and medicolegal aspects. Twenty-two of the first edition's chapters have been revised and updated, eight with new coauthors, and 20 new chapters have been added.

Neurology and Trauma

Second Edition

Edited by Randolph W. Evans, M.D.

Reviews and Awards

Praise for the first edition

"This book is an excellent review of the neurology of trauma. It addresses neurologists, neurosurgeons, and emergency physicians. There are comprehensive sections on head trauma, spinal trauma, plexus and peripheral-nerve injuries, posttraumatic pain syndromes, enivornmental trauma, posttraumatic sequelae, and medicolegal aspects."--The New England Journal of Medicine

"Editorial discipline has achieved a remarkably consistent and readable style. The publication of this book has been carefully conceived and well executed."--Archives of Neurology

"This is the best available book on the neurological complications of trauma. The multiauthored monograph has been masterfully edited by R.W. Evans."--European Neurology

"Neurology and Trauma is an enjoyable, encyclopedic compendium of basic and clinically relevant information on neurologic trauma and will be an important addition to the library of every medical professional interested in this topic."--JAMA

Praise for second edition:

"This book reaches far beyond the traditional topics and delves into subjects rarely addressed in neurotrauma textbooks...The author has masterfully edited a comprehensive text on the neurologic implications of trauma."--Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

"Overall this book is an excellent resource for those invovled in patient care after neurological injury. It provides a valuable reference for those dealing with difficult complications of severe to mild injury."--Acta Neurochirurgica